A multi-million dollar U.S. Government study conducted between 1988 and 1994
could hold the key to producing epidemiological data linking dental fillings
to a myriad of illnesses.

Mercury amalgam dental fillings, commonly referred to as 'Silver' dental
fillings, contain between 48 & 55% mercury. While the American Dental
Association originally denied that mercury from these fillings was leaking
and being absorbed into the body, in recent years, facing numerous studies
to the contrary, have had to concede that 'silver fillings' , do indeed leak
mercury vapor, one of the most toxic substances known to man.

States Pam Floener, a spokesperson for the International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology, states that " The metallic mercury used by dentists
to manufacture dental amalgam is shipped as a hazardous material to the
dental office. When amalgams are removed, for whatever reason, they are
treated as hazardous waste and are required to be disposed of in accordance
with OSHA regulations and it is inconceivable that the mouth could be
considered a safe storage container for this toxic material."

This new information, comes straight from the National Institute of Health
and has been brought to light by Citizens for Mercury Relief (CFMR), a
Canadian Group that in 1998 initiated a Federal Class Action Lawsuit against
the manufacturers of mercury dental amalgam and Health Canada, that is
currently awaiting court certification.

The summary of events that occurred are as follows:

Ernie Mezei, a participant with CFMR who holds degrees in chemistry and
electrical engineering, started looking for epidemiological data to support
the damage done by mercury fillings. His search led him to the Framingham
Heart Study, but it was concluded that the information required to conduct a
statistical analysis was absent.

When contacted, a representative from the National Institute of Health
suggested that a study that would have the information that was required for
analysis would be the NHANES III Study (National Health and Nutritional
Examination Survey), a study that according to the mission statement of
National Center for Health Sciences "is to provide statistical information
that will guide the actions and policies to improve health of the American
people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the
way with accurate, relevant, and timely data."

CFMR then retained Datastep, a company in California who specializes in
running statistical analysis. Datastep was asked to run a statistical
analysis to see if they could find any links to dental fillings and adverse
health conditions.

Their initial figures revealed that while 78% of the American public have
dental fillings, 95% of the people with International Classification of
Disease Codes 340-349: Disorders of the Central Nervous System which include
MS, Epilepsy, Paralysis and Migraines, have dental fillings.

That is an almost 22% increased risk in people with dental amalgams.

In addition, initial figures also demonstrated that in the Major Chapter of
Circulatory Disorders ( ICD-9-M Codes 390-459 which includes rheumatic
fever, heart disease, pulmonary circulation, hypertension, and arterial
disease), that this group is 33% filling free, an astounding result
considering that the rest of the American population is 18% filling free.
Mezei says "clearly the survivors of heart disease have a much higher rate
of being dental filling-free, and we know heart disease is the #1 Killer in
the United States" but also stated that "he would not be surprised if the
American Dental Association tried to say that these figures meant that
dental fillings prevented heart disease".

Dr. Mark Richardson, formerly a Health Canada Risk Assessor, is author of
The Richardson Report, a controversial government report, which resulted in
Health Canada publishing a position paper that advised that pregnant women
and children should not have mercury amalgams placed and should restrict
their intake of fish. He has reviewed the preliminary statistics produced by
the US study and both he and DataStep agree that the initial information is
compelling and that money should immediately be made available for more
statistical analysis to be done.

At very least, it has been determined that dental fillings rates do have a
correlation with disease for the American public, but according to Mezei, it
is now up to the Americans to pick up the ball and run with it.

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DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

We will have a News Conference at 9:30 a.m. April 24th , at the National
Press Club in Washington D.C., where the statistical analysis will be made
available and full details of a number of mercury-related legal actions will
be announced.

I look forward to participating in this news conference and am excited about
mercury receiving the adverse publicity that it deserves.

Regarding this issue, Gary Webb, a Canadian activist, has provided the
applicable comment:

"Which is the sensible thing to do: inflate your tires before you go on out
on the highway, or run off the road because of tire failure and end up in
the hospital -- then, in the hospital, we can pray that God will heal us?!
If God told us to check our tires before we got in the car, was it not
disobedience that providentially caused the "accident"? Therefore, where and
when has God promised to bless our disobedience? These questions are not
hypothetical! How many times have you been told to pray for someone whose
body has broken down as a result of violations of proper eating or working
habits? In cases like this, faith without works brings death. Like the law
of gravity, there is such a thing as premature suffering and death due to
natural causes & consequences!

I believe that God is still telling us to tend to His earthly "garden"
(Genesis 2:15 & 3:17-19). I think that we should all be as concerned as Dr.
David Suzuki is that mankind (and all the animals) should be able to live in
a clean environment, drink uncontaminated water, breath unpolluted air, and
eat wholesome food.

The Great Lakes' basin is known as North America's "Cancer Alley"! London,
Ontario is the second worst city in Canada for air pollution.

Last year the city of Boston banned the sale of mercury thermometers. One
and one-half mercury thermometers contain about one gram of mercury.
Further, it has been figured that only one gram of mercury will pollute a
20-acre lake!

AMALGAM FILLINGS contain 45-52% mercury, with at least 5% (according to my
dentist) continuously being freed to go further into our bodies. This gives
5% x 50% = 2.50% "free" mercury vapor to leech out (sublimate) over time.
(Ask your dentist how many grams of Hg is in an average amalgam filling in
your mouth, and how many fillings you actually do have.)

Therefore, if an average filling contains an estimated 800 milligrams of
amalgam, with the average middle-aged adult having 8 fillings, the average
North American adult has 0.16 grams (8 x 0.800 x 0.025) of potential mercury
vapor to go into the lungs, blood, and brain from dental fillings alone --
an average of about three-millionths of a gram a day -- regardless of the
amount of Hg we take in from vaccinations and from our food! Amalgam
fillings account for 70% of mercury ions found in human urine."

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Learn How Mercury Is Affecting You and the Ones You Love

It is a sad tragedy that mercury is causing such health damage to so many
people.

Sad because it is so reversible and easily avoidable---IF you know where it
is and how it can affect you and your family

While the American Dental Association originally denied that mercury from
these fillings leaked vapor, which is absorbed into the bodies of persons
having this dental filling material, in recent years, facing numerous
studies to the contrary, have had to concede, that 'silver fillings', do
leak mercury vapor, one of the most toxic substances known to man.

The metallic mercury used by dentists to manufacture dental amalgam is
shipped as a hazardous material to the dental office. When amalgams are
removed, for whatever reason, they are treated as hazardous waste and are
required to be disposed of in accordance with federal OSHA regulations and
it is inconceivable that the mouth could be considered a safe storage
container for this toxic material.

A multi-million dollar U.S. Government study conducted between 1988 and 1994
could hold the key to producing epidemiological data linking dental fillings
to a myriad of illnesses.

This new information, comes straight from the National Institute of Health,
the NHANES III Study (National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey), a
study that according to the mission statement of National Center for Health
Sciences "is to provide statistical information that will guide the actions
and policies to improve health of the American people. As the Nation's
principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate,
relevant, and timely data."

A recent statistical analysis of this data was done to see if there were any
links to dental fillings and adverse health conditions.

Their initial figures revealed that while 78% of the American public have
dental fillings, 95% of the people with International Classification of
Disease Codes 340-349: "Disorders of the Central Nervous System", which
include MS, Epilepsy, Paralysis and Migraines, have dental fillings.

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A recent CDC report reveals that nearly one in 10 US women could have levels
of mercury in their blood that are close to hazardous.

Exposure to dangerous levels of mercury can result in permanent damage to
the brain and kidney. Exposure is particularly risky for women of
childbearing age, because a fetus is highly susceptible to adverse effects.

Combustion in power plants of coal containing mercury is the major source of
environmental pollution.

40 Tons of Mercury are released into the US EVERY year by this method.

Mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants moves through the air, is
deposited in water and finds its way into fish, accumulating especially in
fish that are higher up the food chain. Fish like tuna, sea bass, marlin and
halibut show some of the worst contamination, but dozens of species and
thousands of water bodies have been seriously polluted.

As a result, women who eat a lot of fish during pregnancy, or even as little
as a single serving of a highly contaminated fish, can expose their
developing child to excessive levels of mercury. The toxic metal can cross
the placenta to harm the rapidly developing nervous system, including the
brain.

About 20,000 children this year will be exposed to a dose of methylmercury
that increases the risk of adverse neurological effects for the entire
pregnancy.

By age two, American children have received 237 micrograms of mercury
through vaccines alone, which far exceeds current EPA "safe" levels of .1
mcg/kg. per day. That's one-tenth of a microgram, not one microgram.

This means that children are getting 2,370 times the amount of mercury that
the EPA deems safe from the shots which are mandated by the government.

The figure of one autistic infant for every 150 is now widely documented

Autism and mercury poisoning damage the:

Brain/nerve cells
Eyes
Immune system
Gastrointestinal system
Muscle control
The speech center.

Although mercury toxicity has been studied for decades, and EPA safety
levels have been set, during all that time, a child's greatest exposure to
mercury - thimerosal in vaccines - was never even included in the toxicity
studies.

Many investigators believe the mercury in the vaccines has contributed to
this epidemic of autism. Read the full story of how the mercury, called
thimerosol, has been damaging American children for many decades.

Scientists at the University of Calgary have recently shown that trace
amounts of mercury can cause the type of damage to nerves that is
characteristic of the damage found in Alzheimer's disease. The level of
mercury exposure used in the test was well below those levels found in many
humans with mercury/silver amalgam dental fillings. Read more about how no
other material or metal tested, including aluminum, has produced even
remotely similar reactions.